This form is for "Canadian writers." Please use this form if you live within Canadian territories and provinces, or are a Canadian resident who lives overseas. Since our eligibility for national and local grants depends on a majority of our published content being Canadian, we kindly request that only Canadian writers use this form. Please see our international submission form if you do not meet the preceding residency/citizenship criteria.

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What does it mean to belong, whether it's to a place, a time, a community, a person, or something else entirely? Room Magazine invites unpublished writing and visual art, including graphic forms, for issue 50.1 on the theme "Belonging," edited by natasha gauthier, Gitanjali D. Sarker, Claire Diamant, and Diana Samu-Visser.

Send us your takes on belonging, not belonging, longing to belong, otherness, belonging on the fringe, belonging to the future, the past, the now. We welcome your imaginings, experiences, dreams, and fears of belonging in all their manifestations and intersections: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as always, but we're also eager to read your comics, hybrids, graphic essays, and other forms that resist and defy the boundaries of belonging in the art world.

Underrepresented artists—such as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit, non-binary, BIPOC, queer, neurodiverse, disabled, low-income, or having lived experience with sex work, addictions, or mental health challenges—are particularly encouraged to submit welcomed to self-identify in their cover letter to have their submissions prioritized. We publish people of all gender identities except for cis men; if you are a cis man, please do not send us your work.

Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work.

Submissions open June 24, 2026 and will be accepted on a rolling basis until we reach our submissions limit.  

Guidelines:

• Before submitting, please read about us to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate.
• Your entry must be original and unpublished (in print or online)
• We accept submissions up to 3500 words. Longer submissions will be rejected automatically.
• Please submit in 12 point font. Times New Roman preferred but not required. 
• We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. If another publication accepts your work for publication, please notify us and withdraw your piece immediately.
• Please do not send a second submission in the same genre until you have heard back from us considering the first one (Note: You may enter our contests and submit a regular submission at the same time so long as the materials are different.)

This form is for "Canadian writers." Please use this form if you live within Canadian territories and provinces, or are a Canadian resident who lives overseas. Since our eligibility for national and local grants depends on a majority of our published content being Canadian, we kindly request that only Canadian writers use this form. Please see our international submission form if you do not meet the preceding residency/citizenship criteria.

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What does it mean to belong, whether it's to a place, a time, a community, a person, or something else entirely? Room Magazine invites unpublished writing and visual art, including graphic forms, for issue 50.1 on the theme "Belonging," edited by natasha gauthier, Gitanjali D. Sarker, Claire Diamant, and Diana Samu-Visser.

Send us your takes on belonging, not belonging, longing to belong, otherness, belonging on the fringe, belonging to the future, the past, the now. We welcome your imaginings, experiences, dreams, and fears of belonging in all their manifestations and intersections: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as always, but we're also eager to read your comics, hybrids, graphic essays, and other forms that resist and defy the boundaries of belonging in the art world.

Underrepresented artists—such as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit, non-binary, BIPOC, queer, neurodiverse, disabled, low-income, or having lived experience with sex work, addictions, or mental health challenges—are particularly encouraged to submit welcomed to self-identify in their cover letter to have their submissions prioritized. We publish people of all gender identities except for cis men; if you are a cis man, please do not send us your work.

Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work.

Submissions open June 24, 2026 and will be accepted on a rolling basis until we reach our submissions limit.  

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Guidelines:

• Your entry must be original and unpublished (in print or online)
• We accept submissions up to 3500 words. Longer submissions will be rejected automatically.
• Please submit in 12 point font. Times New Roman preferred but not required. 
• We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. If another publication accepts your work for publication, please notify us and withdraw your piece immediately.
• Please do not send a second submission in the same genre until you have heard back from us considering the first one (Note: You may enter our contests and submit a regular submission at the same time so long as the materials are different.)   

This form is for "Canadian writers." Please use this form if you live within Canadian territories and provinces, or are a Canadian resident who lives overseas. Since our eligibility for national and local grants depends on a majority of our published content being Canadian, we kindly request that only Canadian writers use this form. Please see our international submission form if you do not meet the preceding residency/citizenship criteria.

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What does it mean to belong, whether it's to a place, a time, a community, a person, or something else entirely? Room Magazine invites unpublished writing and visual art, including graphic forms, for issue 50.1 on the theme "Belonging," edited by natasha gauthier, Gitanjali D. Sarker, Claire Diamant, and Diana Samu-Visser.

Send us your takes on belonging, not belonging, longing to belong, otherness, belonging on the fringe, belonging to the future, the past, the now. We welcome your imaginings, experiences, dreams, and fears of belonging in all their manifestations and intersections: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as always, but we're also eager to read your comics, hybrids, graphic essays, and other forms that resist and defy the boundaries of belonging in the art world.

Underrepresented artists—such as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit, non-binary, BIPOC, queer, neurodiverse, disabled, low-income, or having lived experience with sex work, addictions, or mental health challenges—are particularly encouraged to submit welcomed to self-identify in their cover letter to have their submissions prioritized. We publish people of all gender identities except for cis men; if you are a cis man, please do not send us your work.

Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work.

Submissions open June 24, 2026 and will be accepted on a rolling basis until we reach our submissions limit.  

Guidelines:

• Your entry must be original and unpublished (in print or online)
• We accept upto 5 poems, submitted in a single file. Please start each poem on a new page. 
• We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. If another publication accepts your work for publication, please notify us using Submittable's 'message' function (preferred) or at submissions@roommagazine.com.   
• Please do not send a second submission in the same genre until you have heard back from us considering the first one (Note: You may enter our contests and submit a regular submission at the same time so long as the materials are different.)

What does it mean to belong, whether it's to a place, a time, a community, a person, or something else entirely? Room Magazine invites unpublished writing and visual art, including graphic forms, for issue 50.1 on the theme "Belonging," edited by natasha gauthier, Gitanjali D. Sarker, Claire Diamant, and Diana Samu-Visser.

Send us your takes on belonging, not belonging, longing to belong, otherness, belonging on the fringe, belonging to the future, the past, the now. We welcome your imaginings, experiences, dreams, and fears of belonging in all their manifestations and intersections: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as always, but we're also eager to read your comics, hybrids, graphic essays, and other forms that resist and defy the boundaries of belonging in the art world.

Underrepresented artists—such as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit, non-binary, BIPOC, queer, neurodiverse, disabled, low-income, or having lived experience with sex work, addictions, or mental health challenges—are particularly encouraged to submit welcomed to self-identify in their cover letter to have their submissions prioritized. We publish people of all gender identities except for cis men; if you are a cis man, please do not send us your work.

Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work.

Submissions open June 24, 2026 and will be accepted on a rolling basis until we reach our submissions limit.    

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Guidelines

- In our art submissions, we are seeking works of glitches, surrealism, paper collage, photography, mixed-materials, and fabric-based art that supports our desire to knit together all the literary pieces we uncover during our submissions call.

- These are not images to illustrate accompanying writing, but submissions of their own standing. 

- Here is a collection of art that has recently appeared in our pages. Please take a look before submitting. 

- Submit up to five images (maximum of 1MB sized JPG or PDF) with a short paragraph about the work of art including: the title, size, medium and date. You can also direct us to your work online in your bio.

This form is for international writers. If you are a "Canadian" writer (if you reside within Canada or have Canadian citizenship but live abroad, please submit to our Canadian writers' submissions form)

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What does it mean to belong, whether it's to a place, a time, a community, a person, or something else entirely? Room Magazine invites unpublished writing and visual art, including graphic forms, for issue 50.1 on the theme "Belonging," edited by natasha gauthier, Gitanjali D. Sarker, Claire Diamant, and Diana Samu-Visser.

Send us your takes on belonging, not belonging, longing to belong, otherness, belonging on the fringe, belonging to the future, the past, the now. We welcome your imaginings, experiences, dreams, and fears of belonging in all their manifestations and intersections: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as always, but we're also eager to read your comics, hybrids, graphic essays, and other forms that resist and defy the boundaries of belonging in the art world.

Underrepresented artists—such as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit, non-binary, BIPOC, queer, neurodiverse, disabled, low-income, or having lived experience with sex work, addictions, or mental health challenges—are particularly encouraged to submit welcomed to self-identify in their cover letter to have their submissions prioritized. We publish people of all gender identities except for cis men; if you are a cis man, please do not send us your work.

Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work.

Submissions open June 24, 2026 and will be accepted on a rolling basis until we reach our submissions limit.   

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Guidelines:

• Your entry must be original and unpublished (in print or online)
• We accept submissions upto 3500 words. Longer submissions will be rejected automatically.
• Please submit in 12 point font. Times New Roman preferred but not required. 
• We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. If another publication accepts your work for publication, please notify us and withdraw your piece immediately.
• Please do not send a second submission in the same genre until you have heard back from us considering the first one (Note: You may enter our contests and submit a regular submission at the same time so long as the materials are different.)

This form is for international writers. If you are a "Canadian" writer (if you reside within Canada or have Canadian citizenship but live abroad, please submit to our Canadian writers' submissions form)

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What does it mean to belong, whether it's to a place, a time, a community, a person, or something else entirely? Room Magazine invites unpublished writing and visual art, including graphic forms, for issue 50.1 on the theme "Belonging," edited by natasha gauthier, Gitanjali D. Sarker, Claire Diamant, and Diana Samu-Visser.

Send us your takes on belonging, not belonging, longing to belong, otherness, belonging on the fringe, belonging to the future, the past, the now. We welcome your imaginings, experiences, dreams, and fears of belonging in all their manifestations and intersections: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as always, but we're also eager to read your comics, hybrids, graphic essays, and other forms that resist and defy the boundaries of belonging in the art world.

Underrepresented artists—such as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit, non-binary, BIPOC, queer, neurodiverse, disabled, low-income, or having lived experience with sex work, addictions, or mental health challenges—are particularly encouraged to submit welcomed to self-identify in their cover letter to have their submissions prioritized. We publish people of all gender identities except for cis men; if you are a cis man, please do not send us your work.

Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work.

Submissions open June 24, 2026 and will be accepted on a rolling basis until we reach our submissions limit.

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Guidelines:

• Your entry must be original and unpublished (in print or online)
• We accept submissions upto 3500 words. Longer submissions will be rejected automatically.
• Please submit in 12 point font. Times New Roman preferred but not required. 
• We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. If another publication accepts your work for publication, please notify us and withdraw your piece immediately.
• Please do not send a second submission in the same genre until you have heard back from us considering the first one (Note: You may enter our contests and submit a regular submission at the same time so long as the materials are different.)

This form is for international writers. If you are a "Canadian" writer (if you reside within Canada or have Canadian citizenship but live abroad, please submit to our Canadian writers' submissions form)

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What does it mean to belong, whether it's to a place, a time, a community, a person, or something else entirely? Room Magazine invites unpublished writing and visual art, including graphic forms, for issue 50.1 on the theme "Belonging," edited by natasha gauthier, Gitanjali D. Sarker, Claire Diamant, and Diana Samu-Visser.

Send us your takes on belonging, not belonging, longing to belong, otherness, belonging on the fringe, belonging to the future, the past, the now. We welcome your imaginings, experiences, dreams, and fears of belonging in all their manifestations and intersections: poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction as always, but we're also eager to read your comics, hybrids, graphic essays, and other forms that resist and defy the boundaries of belonging in the art world.

Underrepresented artists—such as women (cis and trans), trans men, Two-Spirit, non-binary, BIPOC, queer, neurodiverse, disabled, low-income, or having lived experience with sex work, addictions, or mental health challenges—are particularly encouraged to submit welcomed to self-identify in their cover letter to have their submissions prioritized. We publish people of all gender identities except for cis men; if you are a cis man, please do not send us your work.

Before submitting, please read our About section to see if your work fits within Room’s mandate, then refer to the Submission Guidelines on how to format your work.

Submissions open June 24, 2026 and will be accepted on a rolling basis until we reach our submissions limit. 

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Guidelines:

• Your entry must be original and unpublished (in print or online)
• We accept upto 5 poems, submitted in a single file. Please start each poem on a new page. 
• We gladly accept simultaneous submissions. If another publication accepts your work for publication, please notify us using Submittable's 'message' function (preferred) or at submissions@roommagazine.com.   
• Please do not send a second submission in the same genre until you have heard back from us considering the first one (Note: You may enter our contests and submit a regular submission at the same time so long as the materials are different.)

CONTEST DEADLINE: JUNE 30

FIRST PRIZE: $1,000 + potential publication in Room

SECOND PRIZE: $250 + potential publication in Room

THIRD PLACE: $100 + publication on Room's website

ENTRY FEES AND PRICING

All submissions include a one-year subscription to Room and our contest fees are the same as our regular subscription prices (your fees go right into making our magazine; we source our prize money and judge honorariums from other sources)

Entry fees include shipping and are based on the address associated with your Submittable account, as this is where your subscription will be shipped: 

• If you reside in Canada: $45 CAD
• If you reside in the US: $55 CAD
• If you reside outside North America: $65 CAD
• Additional entries are $7 CAD and do not come with another subscription. You must submit an initial entry before submitting an additional entry. If you submit an additional entry without first submitting an initial entry, your additional entry may be disqualified without refund.
• Under "Fee," select the correct payment amount from the drop-down menu. You must choose the appropriate submission fee option, or your piece may be disqualified. No refunds are provided for selecting the incorrect fee option. 

CONTEST RULES & GUIDELINES

• We accept entries up to 3500 words. Please double-space all submissions. 
• Please submit in 12 point font. Times New Roman preferred but not required. 
• You can only upload ONE document (.pdf, .doc, or .docx preferred; can also accept .rtf) per submission on Submittable, so you must submit your entire submission in one file. 
• Submissions must be anonymous—please do not include your name or personal details anywhere in your document, including the file name. You will have a chance to include your contact information on the Submittable form. Cover letters and bios are not necessary and will not be forwarded to the judge.
• Each entry must be original and unpublished.
• We accept simultaneous submissions, but if your submission is accepted elsewhere, please notify us and withdraw your submission immediately. 
• Room's contests are open to women (cisgender and transgender), transgender men, Two-Spirit and nonbinary people. We specifically encourage writers with overlapping under-represented identities to submit their work.
• Previously commissioned Room writers are disqualified from entering the contest.
• Any submission that does not meet these guidelines will be disqualified. The submission fee is non-refundable. 
• Please direct any questions or concerns to contests@roommagazine.com.